Legal Opinion
Mayor, Etc. v. . E.A.R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 28, 1890PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] This action was brought to recover the amount of license fees alleged to have become due to the plaintiff for or in respect to passenger cars run by the defendant on its railroad, in the city of New York, during the years 1875 to 1881 inclusive.
The defense was, that the Legislature had relieved the defendant from any obligation to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Davis v. . the Mayor, C., of New-YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1856
- Mayor, Etc. v. . B'way, Etc., R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
3Cited by5 opinions
- Potter v. . CollisNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Marjohn Realty Co. v. City of Long BeachNew York Supreme Court · 1924
- Mayor and Council of Wilmington v. DurhamSuperior Court of Delaware · 1958
- City of New York v. New York City Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- Mayor of New York v. New York & H. R.New York Supreme Court · 1892